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לַהַב H3851
H3851 is the Hebrew word לַהַב, transliterated lahab and said lah'-hab. The King James Version most often renders it flame.
What it means
a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon.
Where it comes from
from an usused root meaning to gleam.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 11 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: blade, bright, flame, glittering.
Verses using לַהַב
All 9 verses, quoted in full.
Judges 3:22 · KJV
And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
Judges 13:20 · KJV
For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.
Job 39:23 · KJV
The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
Job 41:21 · KJV
His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
Isaiah 29:6 · KJV
Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
Isaiah 30:30 · KJV
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
Isaiah 66:15 · KJV
For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Joel 2:5 · KJV
Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Nahum 3:3 · KJV
The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
Common questions
What does Strong's H3851 mean?
H3851 is the Hebrew word לַהַב (lahab), meaning a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon.
How is H3851 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it flame (5 times), blade (2 times), pass when the flame (1 time), against him the glittering (1 time), flames (1 time), among others.
How many times does H3851 appear in the Bible?
לַהַב (lahab) is tagged in 9 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3851 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from an usused root meaning to gleam.
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